Student Affairs

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) has expanded its Friday Morning Writing series to the Bioinformatics building, room 301.  Friday Morning Writing provides an opportunity for students to make progress on a large writing project.

For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) will host Weekend Write Jan. 28, 9-Noon for graduate students working on dissertations, preparing to defend a thesis, writing a term paper or just looking for a productive writing environment.  

The online event provides structured writing time, goal-setting and accountability to enhance motivation.

For more information and to register, please visit the CGLL.

The Yale Ciencia Academy (YCA) for Professional Development has issued a call for applications.

YCA is an NIH-funded (R25GM114000) initiative that has recently been modified to equip doctoral students interested in biological, biomedical or behavioral research and who are in the final 1-2 years of their programs with the knowledge, skills, and networks they need to find great postdoctoral positions that will further their academic interests and career goals. The program supports students who identify as being from an underrepresented background in science, as defined by the NIH. The application period closes March 1, 2023, and the program runs from June 2023 to June 2024.

A brochure on the program is available for download.

For more information, contact Jill Huerta (jhuerta2@uncc.edu) in the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

 Dr. Melanie Sorrell, Atkins Library Subject Librarian, will lead this enlightening session Jan. 18, 11:15-12:15, in Atkins 146.

The session, sponsored by the Center for Graduate Life and Learning, will focus on common challenges faced in requesting a letter of recommendation, potential solutions and developing a timeline to ensure you have what you need in time.

For more information and to register, please refer students to the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

No matter the field of graduate study, graduate students will benefit from this series focusing on understanding how to make sound financial choices in life. This course guides students through both the key knowledge-based facts and concepts and a self-assessment of emotions, attitudes, experiences, culture, and motivations that tend to drive how we manage money. 

Topics in Graduate Professional Development: Personal Finance (GRAD 6000/8000) | 24460/24461 | 5:30 PM- 7:10 R | 2 credits | Online

The spring line-up of for-credit academic courses offered through the Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) cover a host of important topics, from Workplace Communications and Leadership to Responsible Conduct of Research. 

Read more at the CGLL Academics page and view details on the spring semester courses.

At a Nov. 10 workshop, leaders at Equitable will explain how the company has remained adaptive in a changing marketplace and adopted new ways of working while expanding its environmental, social and governance priorities.

Read more and register at the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

Kim Henderson, System Chief of Staff to CEO and Enterprise Officer at Novant Health will lead discussion of The Seven Ingredients to Success in a Accelerate to Industry (A2i) workshop scheduled Friday, Oct. 28 at noon.

Hosted by the Center for Graduate Life and Learning, the session will be held in Atkins 146.

A2i is a workforce development program that allows graduate students to explore diverse career paths with our industry partners in the Charlotte region and beyond. 

For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

Registration to compete in this year’s 3MT program has been extended through Oct. 21.

This year’s 1st place winner will receive $1,000 and a funded trip to represent Charlotte at the Conference of Southern Graduate School’s (CSGS) Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida.

For more information and to register, visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

In this Oct. 19 workshop, Lisa Russell-Pinson, Ph.D., Associate Teaching Professor of Writing, will share productive ways to respond to feedback on academic writing.

This presentation will be held in Adkins 146. For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning (CGLL) will host the annual Graduate Writing Retreat Oct. 10-11 in Adkins 115.

The retreat provides an opportunity for students, faculty staff and community members to make progress on a large writing project. 

More information and registration is available from the CGLL.

The Center for Graduate Life and Learning will offer a workshop on Preparing Your 3-Minute Thesis Presentation Oct. 7 at 2:30 in Atkins 146.

The session will address how to effectively explain research to a lay audience in 3 minutes or less, using only one static slide.

For more information and to register, visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.

The Dissertation Writing Group (DWG) is a supportive writing group that helps dissertation writers form or refine productive writing and work habits, break isolation, build community, and take advantage of structured writing time. The workshop is intended for doctoral students actively working on their dissertation and able to attend the virtual 2 ½-hour session weekly for seven weeks.

For more information and to register, please visit the Center for Graduate Life and Learning.